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Cimetière du Grand Jas
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Established
1866
Country
France
Founded
1866
Location
Cannes
Size
9 hectares (22 acres)
Address
2 Allée du Cimetière, 06400 Cannes, France
Burials
Peter Carl Fabergé, Prosper Mérimée, Martine Carol
Inauguration table d orientation au cimeti re du grand jas
The Cimetière du Grand Jas (Grand Jas Cemetery) is located at 205 avenue de Grasse in Cannes on the French Riviera. The nine hectare terraced cemetery began operations in 1866 and is known for its landscaped architecture with rich floral decorations and statuary.
Its "English square", or Cimetière Anglais, is the final resting place for a number of English people who made Cannes their home. It is dominated by the statue of Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux who played a major role in building the city. The cemetery contains one Commonwealth war grave, of a World War I officer of the King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Notable interments
Augustus Anson (1835-1877), Victoria Cross recipient and former British member of parliament
Henry Peter Brougham (1778-1868), British lawyer, statesman, builder of Cannes
Eugène Brieux (1858-1932), dramatist
Jorge Cuevas Bartholín, (1885-1961), American ballet school founder, husband of Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Larraín, Marquesa de Cuevas
John Francis Campbell (1821–1885), Scottish author and scholar
Martine Carol (1922-1967), actress
Jean Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962), painter, poster artist
Ernest Duchesne (1874-1912), medical scientist
Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920), Russian jewellery designer
Georges Guétary (1915-1997), singer, actor
Olga Khoklova (1891-1955), Russian ballerina (Picasso's first wife)
Apo Lazarides (1925-1998), champion cyclist
Klaus Mann (1906-1949), German writer. Son of writer Thomas Mann.
Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), writer
Jacques Monod (1910-1976), biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
Marquis de Morès (1858-1896), adventurer
Arthur Frederick Pickard (1844-1880), Victoria Cross recipient.
Lily Pons (1898-1976), opera singer
Emmanuel Signoret (1872-1900), poet
John Fitzwilliam Stairs (1848-1904), Canadian entrepreneur and statesman
Marcel Thil (1904-1968), world boxing champion
Paul von Thurn und Taxis, aka Paul de Fels (1843-1879), Impresario and former Aide-de-Camp of Ludwig II of Bavaria
Laurent Vianay (1843-1928), architect
William Bonaparte Wyse (1826-1892), Irish poet, entomologist
